Smokehouse



April 21, 1925. 1,534,536?

C. PESCHKE ET AL SMOKEHOUSE Filed Oct. 20. 1924 wueutov @r/Fasc% e,

indicated in this case as providing a support for sausages 19, althoughit will be readily understood that the cage may be of any form suitableto the carrying of other articles or substances which it may be desiredto introduce into the apparatus. The said cage is adapted by reason ofthe carriage to be passed through the said compartment 3 from end toend, its entrance and egress being permitted by the opening of the doors4 and 5 as required, these doors being maintained closed, however, whilethe cage is passing through the said compartment in order to preventunnecessary escape of smoke or fumes therefrom. To effect the movementof the cage through the said com partment, the chain 5 is provided witha plurality of hooks 20, either of which may be engaged with thecarriage 14: to transmit motion thereto, and the number of cages whichmay be so moved at one time will be dependent upon the size of theapparatus and the number and relative spacing of the hooks on the saidchain in a device con; structed in this particular manner.

The success of the treatment of the articles or substances so passedthrough the smoke chamber depends to a very great extent upon theduration of the treatment, character of the smoke and the manner inwhich they are subjected to the smoke in the said smoke chamber, thefirst two of which conditions may be governed by the speed of travel ofthe cage through the smoke chamber and by the nature of the fireproducing the smoke, and the last mentioned condition we obtain by theprovision of means for the introducing into the chamber in stagesthroughout the length thereof of smoke of various intensities wherebythe articles or substances carried by the said cage are successivelysubjected to smoke within the smoke chamber of such various intensities.

In the curing of sausages, for example, it has been found that superiorresults can be obtained by first mildly smoking them and thenprogressively increasing the intensity and heat of the smoke as thecuring action takes place; and in the device illustrated this effect issimply and efliciently secured by the provision beneath the smokechamber of upwardly opening fire boxes 21, 22 and 23 intended to housefires of a nature giving progressively increasing intensities of smoke.which is admitted through gratings 2a to the said smoke chamber 3.whereby the smoke in the said chamber is substantially more intense nearthe egress end thereof, as also is the temperature where a hotter fireis provided in the fire box 23 than in the fire box 21, 25 being smokestacks for the eventual escape of the smoke from the smoke chamber 3.

These smoke stacks may beso spaced and arranged that they tend by thedraft created thereby to prevent the intermingling of the smoke from theseveral fire boxes and thereby maintain the varied smoke atmospheredesired in the chamber.

Fire doors 26 may be provided accessible from the firing floor 2 tofacilitate the building and cleaning out of fires in the said fireboxes.

The apparatus described is more particularly intended for the smoking ofsausages, although it may be used for the smoking of any other articleor substance in which it is desirable that variation in the intensity ofthe treatment throughout the operation be obtained, and the precise formof the construction and its operating parts may be varied to suit thecapacity required or particular characteristics of the articles orsubstances to be treated as will be readily understood; and the natureof fire or fuel producing means will be also dependent upon theparticular result sought for or the form of fuel available or desirable.

This invention may be developed within the scope of the following claimswithout departing from the essential features of the said invention, andit is desired that the specification and drawing be read as merelyillustrative and not in a limiting sense, except as necessitated by theprior art.

What we claim is z- 1. Smoke house apparatus comprising, an elongatedsmoke chamber, a conveyor travelling the length thereof, and fire boxesarranged beneath said smoke chamber, said boxes being adapted to admitsmoke to said chamber in stages throughout its length whereby smoke ofvaried densities may be provided in said chamber.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein travelling means are providedfor the supporting of articles in said smoke chamber, rails for theguidance of said means, and entrance and egress doors at oppositeends ofsaid smoke chamber.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fire boxes are arrangedin a series beneath said smoke chamber, whereby a progressively variedintensity of smoke is admitted thereto throughout the length thereof.

4. Apparatus according to claim 1 of twostory construction, the smokechamber occupying a floor and the fire boxes being arranged upon a floortherebeneath from which access to said fire boxes is gained.

5. In a device of the class described, an elongated smoke chamber,conveying means extending the length thereof, said smoke chamber havinga series of openings in the base thereof in the direction of its length,and a separate fire box beneath each of said openings.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein In testimony where-of we aflixour signathe smoke chamber is provided with smoke tures in presence oftwo witnesses. 10 stacks arranged above said fire boxes.

7. A device according to claim 5, wherein CARL PESGHKE. 5 the smokechamber is provided with a series HERMAN KILLIAN. of smoke stackscreating an upward draft, Witnesses: and preventing the completeintermingling LEWIS E. FLANDERS;

of smoke from the several fire boxes. G. E. MGGRANN.

